Resilient tire



or onnro ari-fraaiste.

BOT/H 0F JEDENG, PENNSYLVANE.

RESLENT TERE.

Application filed April 15, 1922. Serial No. 552,850.

e. cit-1r Tfnited States, re* sort, e county of lerlrs 'lsylvanizu haveinvented n ner.' and useful l1 VSyovement-s in Resilient rllires ofwhich tle following` is a specification. Y

This invention relates to improvements in vehicle tires of the dasslrnown as resilient tires, the obiect is to provide a tire, other thanthe inflatable or pneumatic type, in which the proper resiliency maybeobtained without the accompanying annoyance due to punctures orblow-outs.

The invention consists of a hollow shoe and a plurality of metal spring;members located within the shoe, whereby the desired resiliency may beobtained.

The invention is intend d as an improvement on the device described andclaimed in i lrnow that my co-pendinn' application Serial No. 513,876,led November 9th, 192]..

rEhe invention is more fully described in the following specificationand clearly illustrated in the accompanying` drawing', in which:

Figure l is a sectional view, partly in perspective, of my imii rovedtire.

Figure 2 illustrates a slight modification thereof.

The numeral l designates which is of elastic material, provided with theordinary means taching it to a wheel.

Within the shoe l, l provide a plurality of pairs of steel springmembers 3, each member having both its longitudinal edges curved, asshown by the numeral 1l.

The numeral 5 designates centrally disposed web or vane, substantiallyrr'i1-shaped in cross-section, the head of which embraces the folly 6 ofthe wheel.

The curved portions/l of the spring-s 3, bear normally against oppositefaces of the web 5.

rEhe spring` members are preferably arranged in pairs, directly oppositeeach other, and I provide preferably three such pairs of spring'members, each pair covering approximately one-third of the interior ofthe shoe.

the usual shoe as usual, and fol" not .sie e3 .l may a so oe mane insections il. (2

preierred, f m ore convenient assemblage.

, t is evident from the above description.1. 55

and that in some instances it may be desirable to dispense entirelywiththe webv 5, as

illustrated in Figure 2, and permit the spring members to bear againsteach other their curved portions.

Haring` thus fullydescribedA my invention, l claim l. A. resilient tirecomprisingn a shoe, a centrally disposed web of annular form within theshoe and a plurality of pairs of s spring;- members fitting snuglyagainst the inner wall of having both lon 'udinal edges curved in'-wardly and beannp; against the surface of the web.

2. ln a resilient tire, a opposed spring members shoe, the edgesof saidspring' members being curved, an annular, centrally disposed web withinthe shoe against which the curved portions of the springmembers bear,

hollow shoe, two

said web having a head portion adapted for 85 longitudinal edges curvedinwardly and 100 adapted to bear against the web. p In testimony whereofl my signature.

DANIEL M. RTHENBERGER.

the shoe, each spring member located inside the 8Ov the shoe and adapted

